Salad Salad
Ah' Pizz

Ah' Pizz

7 N Willow St, 07042, Montclair, United States

Pizza • Salad • Vegan • Italian


"Let me start by saying that the food is good, ambiance is cute and prices are reasonable. Also BYOB, which is always a plus. It was my first night back in town and my boyfriend made reservations for us. We were promptly seated, but the good service ends there. A girl greeted us and brought wine glasses and water, but never came back to open the bottle. The place wasn't even half full, but we were left to sit for over 10 minutes. I finally got up and asked the hostess for a wine key or server, and about 5 minutes later another flustered waitress came to help us. She wrote down our order and eventually sent someone else to open our wine. This girl took our bottle to an empty table, struggled for a while to figure out how a wine key works, and I finally offered to open it myself. She thanked me and walked away. Our soup came out first and was tasty, however I asked for parmesan cheese and it never came. My boyfriend got up and asked again for cheese and still no one brought it. Frustrating, but whatever. Then our salad came, but it wasn't what we ordered. No one came back to check on us, the previous dirty dishes stayed on the table, and eventually I placed these on another table and went to find our server to correct the order. She promptly fixed it and comped our salad. Then the entrees came about two bites into our appetizer and were left to get cold. The waitress finally checked back on us about 20 minutes later. She was friendly enough, but wow, that service was atrocious! Get better staff and train them please! You have lots of potential, but bad service makes for a bad experience. I will not be back."

Ristoro Del Cinghiale

Ristoro Del Cinghiale

122 E 27th St, 10016, New York, United States

Meat • Wine • Ribs • Pasta


"I 've been a fan of i Trulli for years, but also spent two nights during my last trip to Florence seeking out a cinghiale dinner. Apparently, I was seeking cinghialle during the wrong season in Florence, but was delighted to discover quality cinghialle now available in NYC. I started with Negroni #6 which had really interesting botanicals I 'd go back to sip on negronis and nibble on salumi every day of the week. The salumi were fresh, fragrant, and gone way too soon! We tried the pappardelle (when in Toscana... , garganelli, and risotto. All were excellent I would happily order any or all of them again, and can 't wait to try the gnocchi with rabbit liver (not everyone in our party was keen . We weren 't able to fit in secondi, so I can 't comment on those, but we spied a Bistecca Fiorentina a couple of tables over that brought us right back to Florence another of my can 't wait to try items. As good as all of that was, the two stand out items for our group were the bone marrow (a few best I 've ever had s and, strange, I know, the potatoes (more best ever s . The wine list isn 't as extensive as i Trulli 's but there 's still a lot of really interesting wines to sample other than the sparkling wines, all are from Tuscany. While there are plenty of Tuscan staples you 'd expect (Chianti, Brunello, Super Tuscan , there are really interesting wines from throughout Tuscany and its islands. Ristoro is on the right hand side of what used to be the i Trulli dining room, while i Trulli still exists on the left hand side (as you 're looking from the street . The only challenge we face going forward is which side to visit we love them both!"